The Enemy Within

(Neva’s POV)

I had just returned from work, my heels clicking softly against the tiled floor as the twins ran past me with their backpacks bouncing behind them.

Orion was telling Vespa about a cartoon he’d drawn in school, his hands waving excitedly. She giggled like always, her laughter light and warm.

“I’m going to shower,” I told them, bending to kiss their foreheads.

“Dinner is in thirty minut